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The reported deaths in DOC custody make this the deadliest year of jailing in New York City’s history.




2021

December 14 - William Brown, 55
December 10 - Malcolm Boatwright, 28
October 15 - Victor Mercado, 64
September 22 - Stephan Khadu, 24
September 19 - Isa Abdul-Karim, 41
September 7 - Esias Johnson, 24
August 30 - Segundo Guallpa, 58
August 10 - Brandon Rodriguez, 25
June 30 - Robert Jackson, 42
June 10 - Jose Mejia Martinez, 34
April 30 - Richard Blake, 45
April 19 - Thomas Earl Braunson III, 35
March 19 - Javier Velasco, 37
March 2 - Tomas Carlo Camacho, 48
January 22 - Wilson Diaz-Guzman, 30
2022

December 11 - Edgardo Mejias, 39
October 31 - Gilberto Garcia, 26
October 22 - Erick Tavira, 28
September 22 - Robert Pondexter, 58
September 20 - Gregory Acevedo
September 14 - Kevin Bryan, 25
August 30 — Michael Nieves, 40
August 15 — Ricardo Cruciani, 68
July 15 — Michael Lopez, 34
July 10 — Elijah Muhammad, 31
June 21 — Albert Drye, 52
June 20 — Anibal Carrasquillo, 39
June 18 — Antonio Bradley, 28
May 28 — Emanuel Sullivan, 20
May 18 — Mary Yehudah, 31
May 7 — Dashawn Carter, 25
March 18 — Herman Diaz, 52
March 17 — George Pagan, 48
February 27 — Tarz Youngblood, 38




There is blood on the hands of everyone in the Department of Corrections. On Eric Adams’ hands. 
Rikers must close. Mass releases now.